the Phase 3 hCG Maintenance Program – A few details to prep ya’ll!

Updated note June 23, 2017: The pilot p3 program has been an over the moon smashing success for the members who got in on the ground floor. Please note that this initial launch of p3 program testers and the perks of getting all future updates free is now closed. All new P3tolife memberships as of June 23, 2017 onward to the p3toljfe program will get everything in the Essentials Program which you can view here but the additional weeks 4-7 meal plan and other fun bonuses will become part of a Premium version of the program – the Premium version is not available yet but I will definitely definitely alert everyone once it is! Everyone who was a part of my pilot program as testers up till June 23rd will of course continue to get all future added content – you guys are basically the premiumest premium members as a thank you for putting the faith in me and this program to be the first to try it. Love you guys!

UPDATE: You can check out the video series that shows you how the P3 to Life program is different than random recipe browsing at my Phase 3 Lessons page here!

Hello hello!

Well, it was April 2016, almost 1 year ago, when I first hunkered down to work purposefully and consistently on the Phase 3 program. The program is specifically designed to be used between rounds of hCG to stabilize your weight- this is the pilot version of the program I’m releasing this coming week, and the full program will be for long term maintenance as well.

I wanted to give you guys a heads up of what to expect with this program so you both will have an idea if this a potential solution for you, or if it’s not what you’re looking for.

Some of you may likely have been expecting a book- which makes sense because that’s what I initially thought it would be too and mentioned it in passing here and there – but as I’ll explain, this program is not a book. It’s something more comprehensive than that.

Don’t worry- SWIRLING your dessert smoothie like that NOT REQUIRED lol. In fact, I sure hope you don’t do that! Way too time consuming. This is simply a way to make your mouth water enough to make the tasty treat, but I totally just dump mine in a bowl and have at it. 😉

The Long Pause & Why

Since the release of the Phase 2 workbook which has sold thousands of copies now, I knew I wanted to do something regarding Phase 3 eventually. It’s the phase 3 all struggle with the most and that has literally almost no guidance for.

At the time, since I had already created a book/workbook I kind of figured that the form the Phase 3 project would take would be a workbook as well, and I said as much in my P2 workbook.

So naturally I’ve gotten lots of emails ever since then asking when my p3 book would be out.

But I didn’t do anything at all for any P3 project for over a year after finishing the P2 book. This is because I honesty had no idea what to put in it at the time. I already had a pretty substantial lines of basics blogposts free about Phase 3 on the blog and I couldn’t think much beyond what was already there.

Finally I realized the reason I couldn’t figure it out was because the needs for the HCG community in Phase 3 was not really a workbook. What was needed was not something to track your eating, but something that actually told you WHAT to eat. THAT was the biggest problem I got emails about- people who just didn’t know what they should be eating in Phase 3 and how much. I never got emails asking me how they could track their phase 3 stats. It has always been what do I eat, what’s okay, what isn’t, how much, how do I incorporate certain foods, when do I do that, how long, etc.

But initially I didn’t think I was the person that could remedy this problem because I don’t create recipes. If I did it would probably take me 15 years to compiled something for all of P3.

Strikes of Inspiration That Got This P3 Baby On the Road

Then I got struck with inspiration. Helllooo I could find someone to collaborate with whose strengths complemented mine.

I found an amazing recipe developer and began working in earnest and researching on just what I felt this phase 3 meal plan should contain for proper stabilization and maintenance of weight loss following the HCG protocol.

I literally learned how to be a food photographer from scratch, by scrolling through endless recipe Instagram feeds and observing how they composed their images. #schoolofIGyo The learning curve at the beginning was very steep but I pushed through it and now I’m at the point where I find enjoyment in setting up each meal shot – it’s a really neat way to express art and creativity.

It’s Not Just About the Food

At the same time, just having recipes alone to me is NOT enough for learning what long term maintenance is all about. I have gone through so much trial and error to figure out what is a DOABLE, REALITY based way to maintain my weight loss for almost 4.5 years now.

I had to address these factors in the program. It would be a disservice not to cover this.

It would be like handing you the key to the doorknob but not the deadbolt.

We all know by now that it’s not just about the food. It’s how we feel about the food, how our bodies feel about the type of food, and so many other things. If we were robots, we could totally just be like, eat this this and this, and that’s it, done. But instead we’re (and thankfully so) soft fleshy comfy-to-cuddle-with creatures with lipstick, pretty hair, big hearts and emotional wounds.

An Online Program – Not a Book

The final shape this p3 project has taken is an entire program essentially, with a detailed meal plan and recipes, coaching videos, shopping/cooking tutorial videos and resources guides on a membership site for a one time fee. Here’s just a screenshot to whet your appetite – and don’t worry, future emails/blogposts about the program will unveil much more to you!

I wanted to make sure I gave you this heads up glance into what it is I’m about to release to you guys because naturally, some of you may still be expecting another book offering.

I am very excited to take you through just exactly what’s in the program in more detail very soon and why it’s very different than doing Phase 3 on your own, but I wanted to prep you now so that you are not expecting a $35 book. This is something more advanced. I’m prepping your minds now to help avoid a feeling of sticker shock.

When You Become One of the FIRST P3toLifers – You Are the Core Founders of this Group

The good news is that for this initial pilot launch, while I’ll only be accepting a small number of people during a few sale dates, the price will be about half the cost that the full program will be when I’ve completed it at the end of this year. So you will get access to everything there now, which is plenty to go through Phase 3, AND everything else that is added until the release of it again as the full shebang.

The reason I want to keep the number of this first group of P3tolifers small is so that I can interact and get feedback and make any needed tweaks. So yes, it will likely not be available for sale again for many months while I continue to add to it and make it the “full deal”.

When you get the program now as a founding member, and become the very first of the P3toLifers, you will get ALL future additions to the program at no extra cost. This one time price will lock you in forever to getting all additions to the program. In return I’m hoping you can try this whole program out and give me your feedback!

I have done my very best to show you visually as much as I possibly can in the coming stuff I have to show you so you can truly get a clear idea of what is currently in the course to help you decide if this p3 program is what you’re looking for and if it’s worth the value to you that I’m putting on it myself.

I understand this is not the solution for every hCGer and that’s okay!
But what I personally wanted to create was something that I felt would truly help people to stabilize and maintain their weight.

The plan is not put together in a hodge podge way.
I gave careful thought and research to the macronutrients, the protein level, the types of low carb veggies and fruits, the fullness feeling factor-
The meal plan has been reviewed and endorsed by 8 dietitians.
I wanted to make sure that this was the real deal.

This doesn’t mean it won’t need tweaks.
Hence the limited number of people to be the core group who will take this program for a test drive at the reduced cost and be willing to give me feedback – what they like, what could use improvement, what needs it fills, what further needs it could still fill with some modifications or additions.

A Heart & Soul Project is the Only Project You Can Take to Completion

This will not be the solution for phase 3 that every one of you needs. But it will be the solution for some of you.
I’m saying this just as much for you as for myself.
I think we all struggle with wanting to be everything to everyone, and I have DEFINITELY learned through this blog that this is simply impossible.

What I’ll be presenting to you in the coming days as I unveil the Phase 3 program is the project I could personally get behind. It’s what I could get excited about, and be motivated enough about to actually follow through. Because believe me it has been one emotional roller coaster ride accompanied by learning many things to get it together and much much work – investments of quite a bit of both time and finances actually.

I have LITERALLY put my heart and soul into this. I couldn’t have created it otherwise, because it was too hard lol.

What Weight Maintenance Means to Me – Maybe You Too?

I feel sad when I see so many losing weight but then not able to maintain that weight loss. I want more people to be able to achieve what I have. Where I feel confident that I really do have a concrete way to balance my body and tweak as needed. This is actually quite rare and I think one of the main reasons for this is because many of us women just have really had NO idea how to live daily to maintain weight loss- both from an eating perspective and from a mental/emotional aspect. I sure didn’t! It took me the past 5 years to get this all figured out, and I’m still learning. But I’ve learned enough now to find that hey, this WORKS for me.

Since this is something I NEVER had before in the first 30+ years of my life, and that even when I was thin I still struggled with my eating and my weight and how I viewed myself, I have known the contrast in just how freeing it is to have these what you could call “secrets” applied in your life.

I can’t honestly put into words just how much having a stable body and feeling in control has made an impact on my everyday life.

I feel like I’m a much better mom and wife because of it. I feel an inner contentment in my body that’s actually not an excitement over how I look (you may desire this but believe me, it WILL fade and be old not-exciting news once you get used to yourself in your new bod) but more a neutral feeling of being like, ‘okay, I’m healthy and a good size for me, let’s move on with what we were going to today. Reading with my son? Planting in the garden? Being a listening ear to a good friend? Dude, yes let’s get on with it, because I’m not distracted by dissatisfaction over my body every second anymore. #win’

And this isn’t related simply to being as thin as possible, because I’m actually not the thinnest I’ve ever been. What I have are strength and a very healthy body fat level that has allowed me to learn to be happy and okay with the body I see, even though it will never be “perfect” as I might have desired it to look as a teenager.

If you want a program on how to stay as thin as humanely possible the rest of your life, this program will not teach you that. That’s because I now believe for most of us, such a pursuit as that would require a lifelong obsession with yourself, your body and your eating.

I feel this is not a meaningful way to live. And I doubt you do either. Not to mention I think it feels miserable except for the rare occasions where maybe you get to be all seen in public and feel all great that you look so amazing. Which is like what, 4 times a year maybe?

What I’m driving at in my phase 3 program is the other 361 days of the year when you’re just living normal day to day life and you want to DO meaningful things and have your mental capacity as free as possible for these endeavors.

What I feel I have achieved that I’m hoping to show a pathway to you of is being reasonably thin and healthy and fit – being a clothing size that makes sense for your height, but beyond that, the whole pursuit of losing all excess fat that exists on your body and reaching model status….well, no this is not what I can or want to teach you.

The Fear & Risk In Putting Yourself Out There

Anyway, I’m excited to share this with you. And please, if you feel this program is not for you, no need to tell me so- you can just quietly move on. As I said, this is not designed to be the right fit for everyone and I’d like to save my emotional energy for those that this solution does fit.

It can be easy to assume that a blogger is made of iron and that you can type anything you want and it somehow won’t hurt, but the truth is I’m just as sensitive or more so than the next person. It’s a huge risk to put myself out there like I’ve done and I go back and forth between being like, you know what, I just want to scrap the whole thing and not release it at all because it’s too scary. Even with all the hours and time and money I’ve spent, there’s moments when I just want to protect myself and not open myself to criticism anymore.

But then I come back to- I just can’t do that. Because it has the potential to help a lot of people.

I am so grateful to you all for the many amazing interactions I’ve had with you all the past several years now.

As I have written elsewhere on my blog, I truly had NO idea when signed up for my first YouTube account in 2011 to video-blog my HCG journey and picked “hcgchica” randomly as my username, that it would all turn into…..THIS. No stinkin’ clue. It’s just crazy to me sometimes. And I honestly can’t think of anything I’d rather do for work right now than this.

Teaching is literally in my genetic makeup. My mom, my uncle, my grandfather and grandmother, were all teachers. It brings me great joy to share what I’ve learned with others. It hits the this-is-what-I-feel-meant-to-do bone in my body.

‘lil funny story

So my son is not used to me working extra hours (and we’re talking still reasonable – I still have PLENTY of time with him as a mom so no need to feel too sorry for him) but today he moped over to the bed all bummed that I had to do some work and he suggested some other jobs he felt would be better for me – specifically that I could be a marathon horn honker. First of all I never even thought of this before and hey, someone’s gotta do that, but third, since it’s snowing outside right now, I told him this might be a bit of a seasonal job in our area and might not provide enough working hours to pay the bills long term.

Much love to you guys, and I will have the actual specifics on the Phase 3 HCG maintenance program coming out this week!

Rayzel aka hcgchica

Updated note June 23, 2017: The pilot p3 program has been an over the moon smashing success for the members who got in on the ground floor. Please note that this initial launch of p3 program testers and the perks of getting all future updates free is now closed. All new P3tolife memberships as of June 23, 2017 onward to the p3toljfe program will get everything in the Essentials Program which you can view here but the additional weeks 4-7 meal plan and other fun bonuses will become part of a Premium version of the program – the Premium version is not available yet but I will definitely definitely alert everyone once it is! Everyone who was a part of my pilot program as testers up till June 23rd will of course continue to get all future added content – you guys are basically the premiumest premium members as a thank you for putting the faith in me and this program to be the first to try it. Love you guys!

You don’t know me, but I’ve actually followed you for almost two years. I recently signed up for P3to Life.

Today I’m in R3, P3, D2…..so it’s my 3rd P-3, and firstly I want to thank you for being the one who first impressed upon me just how important P3 truly is to our overall success in attaining lasting results from our weight loss efforts.

I’ve looked at the various options for P3 that you offer, watched several of the videos, and I’ve just finished re-reading everything in regards to P3 on not only your sites but also others (especially Inspired Girl’s aka Barbara, partly because we are closer in age and hormonal status ;^) and I’m perplexed in regards to your menu plans for P3, which are highly varied from Day 1.

My understanding in the past has been that:
at first at least we are supposed to stick to P2 foods and simply increase the amounts, and then
when we add things back, we are supposed to do it one new food at a time and wait to see how our bodies react before adding any new foods.

Now, the whole reason I’ve followed you and am willing to pay for your P3 to Life program is that I know that you research thoroughly and base your decisions on science (I’m one who needs to know the ‘why’, too), and I’m aware that Dr Simeons’ original writings offer only sketchy information for Phase 3, so could you please share with me your thinking behind the variety so that I can comfortably wrap my head around it?

I should tell you that I’ve mixed vegetables throughout all but the very first part of my first P2 rounds, though occasionally I’ve had to back off it’s been mostly fine, so it’s not that I’m opposed to variety.

Thank you for all of your tireless work and great information. I look forward to your reply.

I know I already responded to your email in detail with the same question, but just for anyone else wondering the same thing as you- what it comes down to is that the way the program is designed really WORKS and I figured, no need to make things way more complex and difficult to follow than necessary right? That’s the bottom line there. Love, Rayzel

I signed up for the P3 to life program on March 10th. The payment was accepted, however I have no idea how to access the program.
I am not quite ready to start P3 (finishing up on the current P2) however, would like to get my strategy all together, in advance, for it this time. Hopefully the last time! Please advise how to access the program or when it will be live/ accessible.

Hey Ruth! You just got to p3tolife.com/login and enter your email address you signed up with and the password you used when you checked out, or if you forgot your password you click “forgot password” and you’ll get sent an email on how to set a new password. I’ll resend your welcome email with all this info in it as well!

Hey again Ruth! Okay what happened was you never got sent a welcome email with login because you accidentally entered .con instead of .com for your email address – I have created a new user for you with the correct email address and you should get your welcome email with login instructions any moment okay? Let me know if you have any trouble at all! Rayzel

I’m on my third round, yep, did well on the first, gained a lot back because of what you are talking about, so am trying again. I was SO surprised I was so hungry those first three days after the hcg ended that I just ate everything in sight. I was also surprised I couldn’t maintain my loss and also very discouraged and angry with myself. I had done all this hard work and then just thrown it away, I was angry! So this time hopefully I won’t do that. Yes I definitely need help on P3. Thank you, chica, for your hard work, time, money and effort to help us.

Hey Rosemary! Yes it’s crazy – as the hCG gets out of our system our true hunger levels come back – that’s why I suggest during the 72 hour period to eat more as needed to avoid that whole tendency to binge on stuff thing. I hope this will help you in P3 this time! Rayzel

This is my third round. I lost 33 pounds on my first round, cheated my way through ALL of the second round and am committed to this last round. I only have 10 more pounds to lose to reach my goal weight. But I struggled mightily to stabilize in P3. Your concern with sticker shock…….Let it go.
We are all so grateful to you for all of the information, guidance, humor. I will gladly pay and so will the rest of your tribe!
Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do.
Theresa

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